The number of new residential building permits was 3% higher compared with September 2013, the data showed.
Residential constructions in rural areas made up for 59.6% of the new permits issued in September.
New permits for non-residential buildings, including administrative structures, were at 824 units, compared with 680 units in August.
In the first nine months of the year, Romanian authorities issued 29,032 housing permits, down 0.2% from the same period of 2013.