Edmonton Housing Starts Drop Again....Phew! 8 i2 E# P- I6 K# W0 W3 b* M/ _2 ]7 T 8 {6 R" S; o9 oNew_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.