diff --git a/CrossPlatformModules.csproj b/CrossPlatformModules.csproj
index 34cb2a8d7..fb76ed2fa 100644
--- a/CrossPlatformModules.csproj
+++ b/CrossPlatformModules.csproj
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\tests\layouts\dock-layout-tests.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\tests\pages\app.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\tests\pages\file-load-test.ts" />
+    <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\tests\pages\page-load-performance\start.ts" />
+    <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\tests\pages\page-load-performance\test-big.ts" />
+    <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\tests\pages\page-load-performance\test-small.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\tests\pages\page12.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\tests\layouts\absolute-layout-tests.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\tests\layouts\layout-helper.ts" />
@@ -618,6 +621,13 @@
     <Content Include="apps\TelerikNEXT\images\background.jpg" />
     <Content Include="apps\template-settings\app.css" />
     <Content Include="apps\tests\app\location-example.xml" />
+    <Content Include="apps\tests\pages\page-load-performance\start.xml">
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+    </Content>
+    <Content Include="apps\tests\pages\page-load-performance\test-big.xml">
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+    </Content>
+    <Content Include="apps\tests\pages\page-load-performance\test-small.xml" />
     <Content Include="apps\tests\pages\page18.xml" />
     <Content Include="apps\tests\ui\bindingContext_testPage.xml" />
     <Content Include="apps\tests\ui\bindingContext_testPage1.xml" />
diff --git a/apps/tests/pages/performance-test/start.ts b/apps/tests/pages/performance-test/start.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1dcbec2cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/tests/pages/performance-test/start.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import frame = require("ui/frame");
+import observable = require("data/observable");
+
+declare function __startCPUProfiler(name: string);
+
+export function navigate(args: observable.EventData) {
+    var tag = "" + args.object.get("tag");
+    __startCPUProfiler("xml-performance-" + tag);
+    frame.topmost().navigate({
+        moduleName: tag,
+    });
+}
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diff --git a/apps/tests/pages/performance-test/start.xml b/apps/tests/pages/performance-test/start.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2facd58a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/tests/pages/performance-test/start.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<Page loaded="pageLoaded" >
+  <StackLayout>
+    <Button text="test small" tag="test-small" tap="navigate" />
+    <Button text="test big" tag="test-big" tap="navigate" />
+    <Button text="telerik next session" tag="telerik-next-session" tap="navigate" />
+  </StackLayout>
+</Page>
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diff --git a/apps/tests/pages/performance-test/test-big.ts b/apps/tests/pages/performance-test/test-big.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebe3a152e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/tests/pages/performance-test/test-big.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import observable = require("data/observable");
+
+declare function __stopCPUProfiler(name: string);
+
+export function pageLoaded(args: observable.EventData) {
+    __stopCPUProfiler("xml-performance-test-big"); 
+}
diff --git a/apps/tests/pages/performance-test/test-big.xml b/apps/tests/pages/performance-test/test-big.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f0b0baf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/tests/pages/performance-test/test-big.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<Page loaded="pageLoaded" unloaded="pageUnloaded" backgroundColor="red">
+  <StackLayout>
+    <StackLayout>
+      <Button text="1button1" />
+      <Button text="1button2" />
+      <Button text="1button3" />
+      <Button text="1button4" />
+      <Button text="1button5" />
+      <Button text="1button6" />
+      <Button text="1button7" />
+      <Button text="1button8" />
+    </StackLayout>
+    <StackLayout>
+      <Button text="2button1" />
+      <Button text="2button2" />
+      <Button text="2button3" />
+      <Button text="2button4" />
+      <Button text="2button5" />
+      <Button text="2button6" />
+      <Button text="2button7" />
+      <Button text="2button8" />
+    </StackLayout>
+    <StackLayout>
+      <Button text="3button1" />
+      <Button text="3button2" />
+      <Button text="3button3" />
+      <Button text="3button4" />
+      <Button text="3button5" />
+      <Button text="3button6" />
+      <Button text="3button7" />
+      <Button text="3button8" />
+    </StackLayout>
+    <StackLayout>
+      <Button text="4button1" />
+      <Button text="4button2" />
+      <Button text="4button3" />
+      <Button text="4button4" />
+      <Button text="4button5" />
+      <Button text="4button6" />
+      <Button text="4button7" />
+      <Button text="4button8" />
+    </StackLayout>
+    <StackLayout>
+      <Button text="5button1" />
+      <Button text="5button2" />
+      <Button text="5button3" />
+      <Button text="5button4" />
+      <Button text="5button5" />
+      <Button text="5button6" />
+      <Button text="5button7" />
+      <Button text="5button8" />
+    </StackLayout>
+  </StackLayout>
+</Page>
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diff --git a/apps/tests/pages/performance-test/test-small.ts b/apps/tests/pages/performance-test/test-small.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dcbb408e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/tests/pages/performance-test/test-small.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import observable = require("data/observable");
+
+declare function __stopCPUProfiler(name: string);
+
+export function pageLoaded(args: observable.EventData) {
+    __stopCPUProfiler("xml-performance-test-small");
+}
diff --git a/apps/tests/pages/performance-test/test-small.xml b/apps/tests/pages/performance-test/test-small.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b58d0669
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/tests/pages/performance-test/test-small.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<Page loaded="pageLoaded" unloaded="pageUnloaded" backgroundColor="green">
+  <StackLayout>
+    <Button text="button1" />
+    <Button text="button2" />
+    <Button text="button3" />
+    <Button text="button4" />
+    <Button text="button5" />
+    <Button text="button6" />
+    <Button text="button7" />
+    <Button text="button8" />
+  </StackLayout>
+</Page>
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diff --git a/ui/core/dependency-observable.ts b/ui/core/dependency-observable.ts
index 71eac3778..22e50c72c 100644
--- a/ui/core/dependency-observable.ts
+++ b/ui/core/dependency-observable.ts
@@ -24,16 +24,16 @@ function validateRegisterParameters(name: string, ownerType: string) {
 }
 
 function getPropertyByNameAndType(name: string, owner: any): Property {
-    var baseClasses = types.getBaseClasses(owner);
-    var i;
     var result;
     var key;
-    for (i = 0; i < baseClasses.length; i++) {
-        key = generatePropertyKey(name, baseClasses[i]);
+    var classInfo = types.getClassInfo(owner);
+    while (classInfo) {
+        key = generatePropertyKey(name, classInfo.name);
         result = propertyFromKey[key];
         if (result) {
             break;
         }
+        classInfo = classInfo.baseClassInfo;
     }
     return result;
 }
diff --git a/ui/styling/style.ts b/ui/styling/style.ts
index 13d6b4b9a..466d63b19 100644
--- a/ui/styling/style.ts
+++ b/ui/styling/style.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ import imageSource = require("image-source");
 import utils = require("utils/utils");
 
 // key is the property id and value is Dictionary<string, StylePropertyChangedHandler>;
-var _registeredHandlers = {};
+var _registeredHandlers = Array<Object>();
+
 // key is a className + property id and value is StylePropertyChangedHandler;
 var _handlersCache = {};
+
 // classes like Frame that does not need to handle styling properties.
 var noStylingClasses = {};
 
@@ -292,14 +294,14 @@ export function registerHandler(property: dependencyObservable.Property,
     handler: styling.stylers.StylePropertyChangedHandler,
     className?: string) {
     var realClassName = className ? className : "default";
-    if (_registeredHandlers.hasOwnProperty(property.id + "")) {
-        _registeredHandlers[property.id][realClassName] = handler;
-    }
-    else {
-        var handlerRecord = {};
-        handlerRecord[realClassName] = handler;
+
+    var handlerRecord = _registeredHandlers[property.id];
+    if (!handlerRecord) {
+        handlerRecord = {};
         _registeredHandlers[property.id] = handlerRecord;
     }
+
+    handlerRecord[realClassName] = handler;
 }
 
 export function registerNoStylingClass(className) {
@@ -307,33 +309,38 @@ export function registerNoStylingClass(className) {
 }
 
 export function getHandler(property: dependencyObservable.Property, view: view.View): styling.stylers.StylePropertyChangedHandler {
-    var classNames = types.getBaseClasses(view);
-    // adding default as last class name if no other class is found default handler will be used
-    classNames.push("default");
-    if (_handlersCache.hasOwnProperty(classNames[0] + property.id)) {
-        return _handlersCache[classNames[0] + property.id];
+    return getHandlerInternal(property.id, types.getClassInfo(view));
+}
+
+function getHandlerInternal(propertyId: number, classInfo: types.ClassInfo): styling.stylers.StylePropertyChangedHandler {
+    var className = classInfo ? classInfo.name : "default";
+    var handlerKey = className + propertyId;
+
+    // try the cache first
+    var result = _handlersCache[handlerKey];
+    if (types.isDefined(result)) {
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    var propertyHandlers = _registeredHandlers[propertyId];
+    if (noStylingClasses.hasOwnProperty(className) || !propertyHandlers) {
+        // Reached 'no-styling' class or no property handlers are registered for this proeprtyID
+        result = null;
+    }
+    else if (propertyHandlers.hasOwnProperty(className)) {
+        // Found handler for this class
+        result = propertyHandlers[className];
+    }
+    else if (classInfo) {
+        // Check the base class
+        result = getHandlerInternal(propertyId, classInfo.baseClassInfo);
     }
     else {
-        var i;
-        var propertyHandlers;
-        var handler;
-        propertyHandlers = _registeredHandlers[property.id];
-        for (i = 0; i < classNames.length; i++) {
-            if (propertyHandlers) {
-                var loopClassName = classNames[i];
-                if (noStylingClasses.hasOwnProperty(loopClassName)) {
-                    _handlersCache[loopClassName + property.id] = null;
-                    return null;
-                }
-                if (propertyHandlers.hasOwnProperty(loopClassName)) {
-                    handler = propertyHandlers[loopClassName];
-                    _handlersCache[loopClassName + property.id] = handler;
-                    return handler;
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        result = null;
     }
-    return null;
+
+    _handlersCache[handlerKey] = result;
+    return result;
 }
 
 // Property registration
diff --git a/utils/types.d.ts b/utils/types.d.ts
index 49e7b9206..bf84d102b 100644
--- a/utils/types.d.ts
+++ b/utils/types.d.ts
@@ -61,4 +61,26 @@
      * Return an array of strings with the name of all classes.
      */
     export function getBaseClasses(object): Array<string>;
+
+    /**
+     * A function that gets the ClassInfo for an object.
+     * @param object The object for which the ClassInfo will be get.
+     * Returns a ClassInfo for the object.
+     */
+    export function getClassInfo(object: Object): ClassInfo;
+
+    /**
+     * A Class holding information about a class
+     */
+    export class ClassInfo {
+        /**
+         * Gets the name of the class.
+         */
+        name: string;
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the ClassInfo for the base class of the current info.
+         */
+        baseClassInfo: ClassInfo;
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/utils/types.ts b/utils/types.ts
index 16a1d0c06..f37dbf91a 100644
--- a/utils/types.ts
+++ b/utils/types.ts
@@ -31,27 +31,71 @@ export function verifyCallback(value: any) {
     }
 }
 
+var classInfosMap = new Map<Function, ClassInfo>();
 var funcNameRegex = /function (.{1,})\(/;
-export function getClass(object): string {
-    var results = (funcNameRegex).exec((object).constructor.toString());
-    return (results && results.length > 1) ? results[1] : "";
+export function getClass(object: Object): string {
+    return getClassInfo(object).name;
+}
+
+export function getClassInfo(object: Object): ClassInfo {
+    var constructor = object.constructor;
+
+    var result = classInfosMap.get(constructor);
+    if (!result) {
+        result = new ClassInfo(constructor);
+        classInfosMap.set(constructor, result);
+    }
+
+    return result;
 }
 
 export function getBaseClasses(object): Array<string> {
-    var baseProto = object.__proto__;
     var result = [];
-    result.push(getClass(object));
-    
-    while (baseProto !== Object.prototype) {
-        var baseProtoString = baseProto.toString();
-        // while extending some classes for platform specific versions results in duplicate class types in hierarchy
-        if (result.indexOf(baseProtoString) === -1) {
-            result.push(baseProtoString);
-        }
-        baseProto = baseProto.__proto__;
+    var info = getClassInfo(object);
+    while (info) {
+        result.push(info.name);
+        info = info.baseClassInfo;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+export class ClassInfo {
+    private _typeCosntructor: Function;
+    private _name: string;
+    private _baseClassInfo: ClassInfo;
+
+    constructor(typeCosntructor: Function) {
+        this._typeCosntructor = typeCosntructor;
     }
 
-    result.push("Object");
+    get name(): string {
+        if (!this._name) {
+            var results = (funcNameRegex).exec(this._typeCosntructor.toString());
+            this._name = (results && results.length > 1) ? results[1] : "";
+        }
 
-    return result;
+        return this._name;
+    }
+
+    get baseClassInfo(): ClassInfo {
+        if (isUndefined(this._baseClassInfo)) {
+            this._baseClassInfo = ClassInfo._getBase(this);
+
+            // While extending some classes for platform specific versions results in duplicate class types in hierarchy.
+            if (this._baseClassInfo && this._baseClassInfo.name === this.name) {
+                this._baseClassInfo = ClassInfo._getBase(this._baseClassInfo);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return this._baseClassInfo;
+    }
+
+    private static _getBase(info: ClassInfo): ClassInfo {
+        var result = null;
+        var constructorProto = info._typeCosntructor.prototype;
+        if (constructorProto.__proto__) {
+            result = getClassInfo(constructorProto.__proto__);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
 }
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