Finalizing the Sale

My house has been on the market for over sixteen months and I have just had to deal with it.  Maybe that is why I am so impatient for everything to be finalized nw that the conveyancing has started.  I know that things could still fall through, but so far everything looks good.  I have started looking for a new place, but I will not sign anything until the house is sold.  I am putting the final closing out a few fews so that I will have time to get in a new place.  I already have most of my packing done, so I am just waiting.