The number of new residential building permits was 7.5% lower compared with July 2013, the data showed.
Residential constructions in rural areas made up for 61.5% of the new permits issued in July.
New permits for non-residential buildings, including administrative structures, surged to 2,789 units, compared with 753 units in June.
In the first seven months of the year, Romanian authorities issued 21,556 housing permits, up 0.2% from the same period of 2013.