Oviedo single-family home construction jumps 70% as La Manjoya regains appeal

Oviedo authorised 29 new single-family homes in 2025, twelve more than the previous year.

The figure represents a rise of 70.6% and marks a turning point for housebuilding in the city.

Most of the new construction is concentrated in La Manjoya, near the Fulminato forest.

The municipal council granted permission to begin works on 29 new houses, against the 17 recorded in the previous financial year. The bulk of these buildings is rising in La Manjoya, in the area closest to the bosque del Fulminato, where excavation work began a few months ago.

The site will host a new urbanisation in which paired chalets will predominate. Existing homeowners are also active: renovations and extensions of current dwellings rose from 16 to 17, according to the report of the municipal urban licences service.

OVIEDO HOUSING MARKET: MAJOR WORKS LICENCES UP 12.5%

The momentum in single-family construction coincides with a general increase in major works licences, those covering significant works on buildings, homes or plots. The council granted 162 permits during the past year, against 144 in 2024, a growth of 12.5%.

The trend is even more pronounced over a longer view: 115 applications had been authorised in 2023, meaning the number has risen 40.9% in barely two years. Free-housing construction files also grew, from 69 to 81, an increase of 17.4%.

COMMERCIAL PREMISES AND HOSPITALITY DRIVE URBAN ACTIVITY IN OVIEDO

The report also reflects greater movement in other areas linked to the transformation of the city. One of the most notable increases appears in works carried out in commercial premises without an associated opening, which rose from 161 files in 2024 to 211 during 2025.

That is fifty more operations, a growth of 31.1%, and the figure also exceeds the 187 recorded two years earlier. Hospitality, for its part, presents several positive indicators across the Asturian capital.

PROPERTY REGISTRY AND MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT IN OVIEDO

Beyond construction, other indicators confirm the greater dynamism of the municipal urban department. Registrations in the Registro de la Propiedad progressed from 103 to 110 during the period analysed.

The service of Licencias Urbanísticas resolved a total of 7,029 files during 2025, against 6,955 the previous year. That is seventy-four more, a growth of 1.1% in the department's own management capacity.

For InasTour, the growth of single-family construction in Oviedo confirms the renewed residential appeal of areas such as La Manjoya among buyers seeking space and proximity to nature.

The figures for 2025 place Oviedo among the Asturian cities where urban transformation is accelerating, with a 70.6% rise in single-family home construction and a 12.5% increase in major works licences. From the paired chalets of La Manjoya to the renovation of existing homes, the city consolidates a model of growth that combines new development with the recovery of its established neighbourhoods.