diff --git a/src/lib/bind/accessors.html b/src/lib/bind/accessors.html
index 335634b89f..7c8b64daea 100644
--- a/src/lib/bind/accessors.html
+++ b/src/lib/bind/accessors.html
@@ -272,20 +272,33 @@
     setupBindListeners: function(inst) {
       var b$ = inst._bindListeners;
       for (var i=0, l=b$.length, info; (i<l) && (info=b$[i]); i++) {
-        // Property listeners:
-        // <node>.on.<property>-changed: <path]> = e.detail.value
-        //console.log('[_setupBindListener]: [%s][%s] listening for [%s][%s-changed]', this.localName, info.path, info.id || info.index, info.property);
-        //
-        // TODO(sorvell): fix templatizer to support this before uncommenting
-        // Optimization: only add bind listeners if the bound property is notifying...
+        // TODO: Optimization: only add bind listeners if the bound property
+        // is notifying...
         var node = inst._nodes[info.index];
-        //var p = node._propertyInfo && node._propertyInfo[info.property];
-        //if (node._prepParentProperties || !node._propertyInfo || (p && p.notify)) {
-          this._addNotifyListener(node, inst, info.event, info.changedFn);
-        //}
+        // Add DOM Event listener
+        this._addNotifyListener(node, inst, info.event, info.changedFn);
+        // For path notifications add a property effect
+        if (node.addPropertyEffect) {
+          this._addNotifyEffect(node, inst, info.property, info.changedFn);
+        }
       }
     },
 
+    _addNotifyEffect: function(node, instance, property, fn) {
+      node.addPropertyEffect(property, function(path, value, old, fromAbove) {
+        if (!fromAbove && path.indexOf('.') !== -1) {
+          var ev = {
+            target: this,
+            detail: {
+              path: path,
+              value: value
+            }
+          };
+          instance._notifyListener(fn, ev);
+        }
+      });
+    },
+
     // TODO(sorvell): note, adding these synchronously may impact performance,
     // measure and consider if we can defer until after first paint in some cases at least.
     _addNotifyListener: function(element, context, event, changedFn) {
diff --git a/src/lib/template/templatizer.html b/src/lib/template/templatizer.html
index 9aea9bd52a..25848f4b80 100644
--- a/src/lib/template/templatizer.html
+++ b/src/lib/template/templatizer.html
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
           // Create accessors for each parent prop that forward the property to
           // template instances through abstract _forwardParentProp/Path API
           // that should be implemented by Templatizer users.
-          var propertyEffects = this.mixin({}, this._propertyEffects);
+          var propertyEffects = {};
           var propertyInfo = this.mixin({}, this._propertyInfo);
           var prefixedParentProps = {};
           for (prop in parentProps) {
@@ -251,6 +251,15 @@
               effect: {event:
                 Polymer.CaseMap.camelToDashCase(parentProp) + '-changed'}
             }];
+            if (template !== this) {
+              effects.push({
+                kind: 'function',
+                effect: this._createNotifyUpListener(prop),
+                fn: Polymer.Bind._functionEffect,
+                pathFn: this._functionPathEffect,
+                customNotifyUp: true
+              });
+            }
             propertyEffects[parentProp] = effects;
             propertyInfo[parentProp] = {};
             prefixedParentProps[parentProp] = true;
@@ -283,6 +292,33 @@
       }
     },
 
+    _createNotifyUpListener: function(prop) {
+      // We simulate something like the following upwards annotation:
+      //
+      //   <x-host>                                 <---|
+      //     <x-templatizer>                            |
+      //       <template _parent_prop="{{prop}}">     --|
+      //                      ...content...
+      // The template sends a notification upwards directly to the host
+      // (skipping (this) templatizer).
+      var prefix = this._parentPropPrefix;
+      //                            translate:   _parent_prop -> prop
+      var fn = Polymer.Bind._notedListenerFactory(prefix + prop, prop, false);
+      return function(path, value, old, fromAbove) {
+        if (!fromAbove && path.indexOf('.') !== -1) {
+          var ev = {
+            target: this,
+            detail: {
+              path: path,
+              value: value
+            }
+          };
+          // This effect is memoized, so we cannot prestore the host.
+          var host = this.parentElement.dataHost;
+          host._notifyListener(fn, ev);
+        }
+      }
+    },
 
     _createForwardPropEffector: function(prop) {
       var prefixLength = this._parentPropPrefix.length;
@@ -299,6 +335,15 @@
     },
 
     _createHostPropEffector: function(prop) {
+      // Essentially a custom notify up implementation, but has to notify
+      // sidewards b/c of the following DOM structure:
+      //
+      //   <x-templatizer>
+      //     <TemplateInstance>   --|
+      //     <template>           <-|
+      //  A concrete TemplateInstance sends a notification to the template
+      //  (class or type).
+      //  Translate:   prop -> _parent_prop
       var prefix = this._parentPropPrefix;
       var prefixedProp = prefix + prop;
       return function(path, value, old, fromAbove) {
@@ -325,9 +370,11 @@
       };
     },
 
-    // Extends template with parent property info & effects and seed pre-bound data
+    // Extends template with parent property info & effects and seed pre-bound
+    // data
     _extendTemplate: function(template, proto) {
-      template._propertyEffects = proto._propertyEffects;
+      template._propertyEffects = this._mixPropertyEffects(
+          template._propertyEffects, proto._propertyEffects);
       template._propertyInfo = proto._propertyInfo;
       var prefixedParentProps = proto.prefixedParentProps;
       for (var p in prefixedParentProps) {
@@ -336,6 +383,24 @@
       }
     },
 
+    _mixPropertyEffects: function(target, source) {
+      // target = target ? Polymer.Base.chainObject({}, target) : {};
+      if (!target) {
+        target = {};
+      }
+      for (var prop in source) {
+        var effects = source[prop];
+        if (prop in target) {
+          // inplace concat instead?
+          target[prop] = target[prop].concat(effects);
+        } else {
+          // slice to get shallow copy?
+          target[prop] = effects;
+        }
+      }
+      return target;
+    },
+
     // Extension points for Templatizer sub-classes
     /* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
     _showHideChildren: function(hidden) { },
diff --git a/src/standard/notify-path.html b/src/standard/notify-path.html
index 8c28b5e4b8..b856658c6a 100644
--- a/src/standard/notify-path.html
+++ b/src/standard/notify-path.html
@@ -96,18 +96,9 @@
           if (typeof value == 'object') {
             this._clearPath(path);
           }
-          // console.group((this.localName || this.dataHost.id + '-' + this.dataHost.dataHost.index) + '#' + (this.id || this.index) + ' ' + path, value);
           // Take path effects at this level for exact path matches,
           // and notify down for any bindings to a subset of this path
           this._pathEffector(path, value, fromAbove, origin, originalProperty);
-          // Send event to notify the path change upwards
-          // Optimization: don't notify up if we know the notification
-          // is coming from above already (avoid wasted event dispatch)
-          if (!fromAbove) {
-            // TODO(sorvell): should only notify if notify: true?
-            this._notifyPathUp(path, value);
-          }
-          // console.groupEnd((this.localName || this.dataHost.id + '-' + this.dataHost.dataHost.index) + '#' + (this.id || this.index) + ' ' + path, value);
           return true;
         }
       },