Compared with April 2012, new building permits were up 16.2%, the data showed.
Residential constructions in rural areas made up for 61.7% of the new housing permits issued in April.
New permits for non-residential buildings, including administrative structures, stood at 593 units in April, slightly up from 588 in the previous month, but 6% fewer than in the same month of 2012.
In the first four months of 2013, Romanian housing permits reached 10,467 units, up 5% on the year.