Possibly not homeless?

So here's the deal on the house: The owner of the house we had planned to move in around Christmas has been dragging his feet trying to get together enough money to get his second loan to go away and avoid foreclosure... We knew we were in for a "short sale" aka, a long sale, from the beginning, but it started to get a little frustrating when every week we were promised a new close date. So in the meantime, I got to work finding similar houses in the area in anticipation that this house could never go through. I found a house last week in the same area with amazing views, double the lot size, and a lot cheaper. Chris and I put in an offer on Friday and we found out this morning it was accepted! Seeing how things have gone in the past, I'm trying not to get ahead of myself until the house is actually titled in our names but I'm so excited that this house may be ours! If it doesn't go through I will have to get back to work finding more houses. I hate, hate, hate house hunting.