Edmonton Housing Starts Drop Again....Phew! 0 V7 y. [. J5 Q6 K+ E # F! A7 G. u* d0 P+ W' j. o" HNew_home_winter After starts in Edmonton dropped by 37% (year over year) in February, they dropped 59% in March. Good news for our inventory issue in the area. Starts have dropped by 31% so far this year compared to last, single family starts have dropped 61% and multi-family representing the lowest number of first quarter starts since 1996.