The number of new residential building permits was 0.5% lower compared with October 2013, the data showed.
Residential constructions in rural areas made up for 60.8% of the new permits issued in September.
New permits for non-residential buildings, including administrative structures, were at 677 units, from 824 units in September.
In the first ten months of the year, Romanian authorities issued 32,275 housing permits, down 0.2% from the same period of 2013.