| bachelor | Junggeselle (m) |
| back door | Hintertür (f) |
| backlog of grants | Förderungsstau (m) |
| backyard | Garten (m) hinter dem Haus |
| bad debts | Forderungsausfälle (pl) |
| bad investment | Fehlinvestition (f) |
| bailiff | Gerichtsvollzieher (m) |
| balance sheet / financial statement | Bilanz (f) |
| balcony | Balkon (m) |
| bank code | Bankleitzahl (f) |
| bank fees, bank charges | Bankgebühr(en) (f/pl) |
| bank liabilities / accounts payable (due) to banks | Bankverbindlichkeiten (pl) |
| bank release of collaterals | Freigabe (f) von Sicherheiten |
| banking service(s) | Bankdienstleistung(en) (f/pl) |
| bankruptcy | Konkurs (m) |
| barely | kaum |
| barn | Scheune (f) |
| barter; swap (Devisen) | Tauschgeschäft (n) |
| base rate | Basiszinssatz (m) |
| base rent | Mindestmietzins (m) |
| baseline | Grundlinie (f) |
| basement | Souterrain (n) |
| basement / lower ground floor (BE) | Untergeschoss (n) |
| basic renewal | Sockelsanierung (f) (A) |
| bathroom | Badezimmer (n) |
| bay / bay window | Erker (m) / Erkerfenster (n) |
| beam | Balken (m) |
| beam | Stützbalken (m) |
| bearer | Inhaber (m) (eines Wertpapiers) |
| bedroom | Schlafzimmer (n) |
| bedsit (BE); combined living and bedroom | Wohnschlafraum (m) |
| belated / belayed / behind schedule | verspätet |
| benchmark | Maßstab (m) |
| benchmark / guide(line) value / indicatory value / recommended value | Richtwert (m) |
| benchmark rent | Richtwertmiete (f) (A) |
| beneficiary | Begünstigte (m) |
| beneficiary (Begünstigter) / recipient (Empfänger) of?. | Beihilfenbezieher (m) |
| benefit | Vergünstigung (f) |
| bequest (jur) / legacy | Hinterlassenschaft (f) |
| BES (business expansion scheme) | Plan (m) zur Geschäftsausweitung = Investitionsfreibetrag (England 1983-1988) |
| bill / draft | Gesetzesentwurf (m) / -vorlage |
| bill of exchange | Wechsel (m) (fin) |
| black market / illegal employment/work | Schwarzarbeit (f) |
| blinds | Jalousie (f) |
| block renewal | Blocksanierung (f) (A) |
| bolt (and nut) / screw (not for nut) | Schraube (f) (und Mutter) / Schraube (f) (nicht für Mutter) |
| bona fide / in good faith | gutgläubig |
| bond | Anleihe (f) |
| bond / certificate of debt / debenture | Obligation (f) |
| bond / certificate of debt / debenture | Schuldschein (m) |
| bond creditor / subscriber(s) to this bond | Anleihe(n)gläubiger (m/pl) |
| bond issue / bond flotation | Anleiheemission (f) |
| bond market | Anleihenmarkt (m) |
| bond yield | Anleiherendite (f) |
| bonded / securitized | verbrieft |
| bonded / securitized / pledged | verpfändet |
| book value / carrying value | Buchwert (m) |
| bookcase | Bücherschrank (m) |
| borrow, to | ausleihen (aus Sicht Kreditnehmer) |
| borrower / debtor | Kreditnehmer (m) |
| borrower / debtor | Schuldner (m) |
| boundary | Grundstücksgrenze (f) |
| branch | Filiale (f) |
| branch / branch office | Geschäftsstelle (f) |
| breach of contract | Vertragsbruch (m) |
| break option / early repayment option (ERP) | Option (f) auf vorzeitige Vertragsbeendigung/Rückzahlung |
| bribe / "sweetener" | Schmiergeld (n) |
| bribery / corruption | Bestechung (f) |
| brick(s) | Ziegel (m/pl) |
| bricklayer / mason | Maurer (m) |
| brickwork | Mauerwerk (n) |
| brickwork | Sichtziegelmauer (f) |
| bridging loan | Überbrückungskredit (m) |
| bridging loan | Zwischenkredit (m) |
| bridging loan / bridge loan | Zwischenfinanzierung (f) |
| broad levels of the population | Bevölkerungsschichten (pl) , breite |
| brochure / leaflet | Prospekt (m/n) |
| broker / agent | Vermittler (m) |
| brokerage | Vermittlung (f) |
| budget allocation | Budgetzuweisung (f) |
| budget consolidation / budget cuts | Budgeteinsparung(en) (f/pl) |
| budgetary | budgetär |
| build, to / construct, to | bauen |
| builder | Baumeister (m) |
| building (p)lot | Baugrundstück (n) |
| building and civil engineering | Hoch- und Tiefbau (m) |
| building and loan association / building society | Bausparkasse (f) |
| building authority | Bauamt (n) |
| building authority | Baubehörde (f) |
| building class | Bauklasse (f) |
| building component(s) | Bauteil (m) |
| building condition / in good (bad) repair | Zustand (m) (baulich) |
| building construction | Hochbau (m) |
| building contractor / builder | Bauunternehmer (m) |
| building cooperative / cooperative building society | Baugenossenschaft (f) |
| building costs / construction costs | Baukosten (pl) |
| building crane | Baukran (m) |
| building description / description | Exposé (n) |
| building fitter | Bauschlosser (m) |
| building inspectors | Baupolizei (f) |
| building loan | Baukredit (m) |
| building management (company) | Hausverwaltung (f) |
| building management costs | Bauverwaltungskosten (pl) |
| building manager / housing manager | Hausverwalter (m) |
| building material(s) | Baumaterial(ien) (n/pl) |
| building permit | Baubewilligung (f) |
| building permit | Baugenehmigung (f) |
| building project | Bauvorhaben (n) |
| building regulation / building code | Bauordnung (f) |
| building regulation / building code | Bauvorschrift (f) |
| building regulation(s) | Baubestimmung(en) (f/pl) |
| building restriction(s) / zoning restriction(s) | Baubeschränkung(en) (f/pl) |
| building right on leasehold property | Baurecht (n) |
| building schedule | Bauzeitplan (m) |
| building sector /construction industry / building trade | Bauwirtschaft (f) |
| building site /construction site | Baugelände (n) |
| building site /construction site | Bauplatz (m) |
| building site /construction site | Baustelle (f) |
| building site creation | Bauplatzschaffung (f) |
| building site preparation / building site set-up | Bauvorbereitung (f) |
| building society loan | Bauspardarlehen (n) |
| building society saver | Bausparer (m) |
| building society savings | Bausparen (n) |
| building society?s savings agreement | Bausparvertrag (m) |
| building stock (old-) | Gebäudebestand (m) (Althausbestand) |
| building structure | Bebauungsstruktur (f) |
| building subsidy | Objektförderung (f) |
| building tax | Bauabgabe (f) |
| building works / construction works | Bauarbeiten (pl) |
| building(s) | Gebäude (n/pl) |
| building/construction costs | Errichtungskosten (pl) |
| buildings on third party land (separation of building from land) | Superädifikat (n) |
| built-in cabinet | Einbauschrank (m) |
| bullet loan | endfälliger Kredit |
| bullet repayment (repayment of loan at the end of maturity) | Tilgung (f), endfällig |
| burden | Aufwand (m), finanzieller |
| business activity | Geschäftstätigkeit (f) |
| business climate | Geschäftsklima (n) |
| business experience / professional know-how | Geschäftserfahrung (f) |
| business park | Gewerbepark (m) |
| business partner | Geschäftspartner (m) |
| business plan | Wirtschaftsplan (m) |
| business premises / restaurant | Lokal (n) |
| business relation | Geschäftsbeziehung (f) |
| busy / with heavy traffic | verkehrsreich |
| butt joint | Stoßfuge (f) |
| buy-back option / repurchase option | Rückkaufoption (f) |
| buyer | Käufer (m) |
| buying rate | Geldkurs (m) |