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business reporter Michael Janda

Clive Palmer's United Australia Party is promising to cap mortgage interest rates. Can it be done?

Does the UAP's mortgage cap promise add up? (Michael Janda)

With the cost of living surging and interest rates rising for the first time in more than a decade, a cap on mortgage repayments would come as welcome relief for millions of borrowers. But can it be done and who would end up paying for it?

Clive Palmer's United Australia Party (UAP) has been spruiking a 3 per cent, five-year cap on mortgage interest rates as the centrepiece of its election campaign.

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