KfW BEG funding stopped 261, 262, 263, 264, 461, 463, 464

In the case of the KFW loan, the funding volume is not equal to the repayment grant. The entire KFW loan is included.

Parents and grandparents of the affected young families will also not find it so great that overnight the home financing of their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren was wrecked.

Let's be honest, what kind of financing is being "wrecked"? There are "only" (repayment) grants. The loan remains unchanged (which is sometimes even cheaper at the bank than with the KfW), just as high without funding as with funding. The risk has always lain with the bank and not with the KfW (and the bank has already approved the risk). So most can switch to classic bank financing and only forego an increased repayment. Pure grant variants hurt more since the possible credit limit is often already exhausted there, but even then one will survive, not immediately having a perfect house with everything around it.

Nevertheless (especially because of the manner), it is more than annoying. In the area of renovations, there will then be catch-up effects over the course of the year.

At least to me, 500,000 funding applications with an average volume of €40K for the years 2021/22 seem plausible. Nevertheless, thanks for the hint. Will you provide some data and facts? Or will it remain at "something is not right"?

Yes, and those who can read are clearly at an advantage.
The funding volume amounts to €20 billion. These are loans that must be repaid.
The repayment grant is only a fraction of the total amount.

Let's be honest, which financing is being "wrecked"? There are "only" (repayment) grants. The loan remains unchanged (which is sometimes even cheaper at the bank than at the KfW), just as high without funding as with funding. The risk has always lied with the bank and not with the KfW (and the bank has already approved the risk). So a large part can switch to a traditional bank financing and only forgo an increased repayment. Pure grant options hurt more, since there the possible credit limit is often already exhausted, but even there you will survive not having a perfect house with everything around immediately.

Nevertheless (especially because of the way it happened) it is more than annoying. In the area of renovations, there will be catch-up effects during the course of the year.

There is an article in the FAZ expressing outrage over the KfW, reporting on how the stop impacts the real estate industry.
"Two of his projects are affected, it involves a million-euro amount of funding. Another Frankfurt developer, who mainly operates in the Niederrad office district, reports 2.5 million euros in funding that he has now lost."
That is where the larger sums come from – it’s not just the small home builders.

Honestly, which financing is being "wrecked"? There are "only" (repayment) subsidies. The loan remains unchanged (which is sometimes even cheaper at the bank than at KfW), just as high without funding as with funding.

Please? The daily press as well as social networks are currently full of reports about projects now facing an uncertain financial future or completely coming to a halt. From the classic young family with their house in the countryside, to the investor who wanted to build a three-family house (3 x subsidies dissolved into thin air), to the developer who wanted to implement a KfW55 project at the last minute and now wants to pass the resulting additional costs onto the buyers of apartments and row houses, which in turn is causing them to revolt. These are not trivial matters. This is not how the promised additional housing is going to happen. A major false start into the ministerial role.

There is an article in the FAZ titled Outrage over KfW, reporting on how the halt affects the real estate industry.
"Two of his projects are affected, involving millions in funding. Another Frankfurt developer, primarily active in the Niederrad office city, reports 2.5 million euros in subsidies that he has now missed out on."
That's where the larger sums come from – it's not just the small home builders.

I know. We finance these companies as well. There are enough (pension) funds or other investors who work exclusively with KfW (fully utilizing KfW loans and the rest is equity). However, the large projects don’t die because of the missing subsidies. The subsidy is just the icing on the cake for a profitable project.

Please? The daily press as well as social networks are currently full of reports about projects that now face an uncertain financial future or are completely at risk of failing.

Why are they at risk of failing? Please explain it to me. The exact why.

towards the developer who wanted to implement a KfW55 project at the last minute and now wants to pass the additional costs on to the apartment and townhouse buyers,

The developer who pockets the subsidy himself (since the buyers can no longer receive the subsidy), to increase profit? He has no additional costs, only somewhat less revenue. By the way, he is not implementing a project last minute either.

This is not going to work with the promised additional living space.

The subsidy was never intended for that. It was a gift for energy-efficient building, mostly for people who can already afford building anyway.

I know the topic more than well. As a homeowner and as a financier (we grant about €11 billion in real estate loans every year).