Credit pull before closing… From our mortgage lender?

I just noticed my credit score dropped due to another hard pull. We are in the final stage of a Short Sale. We are waiting on the sellers bank to approve us ( everything else is done up to this point). Our mortgage has already been approved. Is this a good sign that we may be approved, if not, why would our lender pull our credit while the sellers bank is reviewing our offer?

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