The number of new residential building permits was 5.6% lower compared with August 2013, the data showed.
Residential constructions in rural areas made up for 65.3% of the new permits issued in August.
New permits for non-residential buildings, including administrative structures, were at 680 units, compared with 751 units in July.
In the first eight months of the year, Romanian authorities issued 25,174 housing permits, down 0.7% from the same period of 2013.