Edmonton Housing Starts Drop Again....Phew! ( _) C$ f+ C, A6 ?+ v/ r- d # L2 J7 P% ?4 T$ {. yNew_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.