The number of new residential building permits was up 2.8% compared with February 2014, the data showed.
Residential constructions in rural areas made up for 64.5% of the new permits issued in February 2015.
New permits for non-residential buildings, including administrative structures, were at 496 units, from 327 units in January.
In the first two months of the year, Romanian authorities issued 3,923 housing permits, up 4.3% from the same period of 2014.