WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (Reuters) – Sales of new U.S. single-family homes rebounded in November after being depressed by hurricanes in the prior month, but rising mortgage rates could hamper sales next year.

New home sales jumped 5.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 664,000 units last month, the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau said on Monday. The sales pace for October was revised higher to a rate of 627,000 units from the previously reported 610,000 units.