diff --git a/apps/tests/app/app.ts b/apps/tests/app/app.ts
index ee60fa462..aec700802 100644
--- a/apps/tests/app/app.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/app/app.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 import application = require("application");
-application.mainModule = "app/mainPage";
+application.mainModule = "app/testRunnerPage";
 application.start();
diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/list-view/list-view-tests.ts b/apps/tests/ui/list-view/list-view-tests.ts
index 23b65a6de..830465525 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/list-view/list-view-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/list-view/list-view-tests.ts
@@ -461,6 +461,46 @@ export function test_usingAppLevelConvertersInListViewItems() {
     helper.buildUIAndRunTest(listView, testAction);
 }
 
+export function test_BindingListViewToASimpleArray() {
+    var listView = new listViewModule.ListView();
+
+    function testAction(views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+        listView.itemTemplate = "<Label id=\"testLabel\" text=\"{{ $value }}\" />";
+        listView.items = [1, 2, 3];
+
+        TKUnit.wait(ASYNC);
+        var firstNativeElementText = getTextFromNativeElementAt(listView, 0);
+        var secondNativeElementText = getTextFromNativeElementAt(listView, 1);
+        var thirdNativeElementText = getTextFromNativeElementAt(listView, 2);
+
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(firstNativeElementText, "1", "first element text");
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(secondNativeElementText, "2", "second element text");
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(thirdNativeElementText, "3", "third element text");
+    }
+
+    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(listView, testAction);
+}
+
+export function test_BindingListViewToASimpleArrayWithExpression() {
+    var listView = new listViewModule.ListView();
+
+    function testAction(views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+        listView.itemTemplate = "<Label id=\"testLabel\" text=\"{{ $value, $value + ' some static text' }}\" />";
+        listView.items = [1, 2, 3];
+
+        TKUnit.wait(ASYNC);
+        var firstNativeElementText = getTextFromNativeElementAt(listView, 0);
+        var secondNativeElementText = getTextFromNativeElementAt(listView, 1);
+        var thirdNativeElementText = getTextFromNativeElementAt(listView, 2);
+
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(firstNativeElementText, "1 some static text", "first element text");
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(secondNativeElementText, "2 some static text", "second element text");
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(thirdNativeElementText, "3 some static text", "third element text");
+    }
+
+    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(listView, testAction);
+}
+
 function loadViewWithItemNumber(args: listViewModule.ItemEventData) {
     if (!args.view) {
         args.view = new labelModule.Label();
diff --git a/js-libs/polymer-expressions/polymer-expressions.js b/js-libs/polymer-expressions/polymer-expressions.js
index f88928f6a..5d9077016 100644
--- a/js-libs/polymer-expressions/polymer-expressions.js
+++ b/js-libs/polymer-expressions/polymer-expressions.js
@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ var Path = require("js-libs/polymer-expressions/path-parser").Path;
         },
 
         setValue: function (model, newValue) {
-            if (this.path.length == 1);
-            model = findScope(model, this.path[0]);
+            if (this.path.length == 1) {
+                model = findScope(model, this.path[0]);
+            }
 
             return this.path.setValueFrom(model, newValue);
         }
diff --git a/ui/builder/binding-builder.ts b/ui/builder/binding-builder.ts
index 90512c4cc..0911c8ba5 100644
--- a/ui/builder/binding-builder.ts
+++ b/ui/builder/binding-builder.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export module bindingConstants {
     export var expression = "expression";
     export var twoWay = "twoWay";
     export var source = "source";
+    export var bindingValueKey = "$value";
 };
 
 var hasEqualSignRegex = /=+/;
@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@ function parseNamedProperties(parameterList, knownOptions, callback) {
 function extractPropertyNameFromExpression(expression: string): string {
     var firstExpressionSymbolIndex = expression.search(expressionSymbolsRegex);
     if (firstExpressionSymbolIndex > -1) {
-        return expression.substr(0, firstExpressionSymbolIndex).trim();
+        var sourceProp = expression.substr(0, firstExpressionSymbolIndex).trim();
+        return sourceProp;
     }
     else {
         return expression;
diff --git a/ui/core/bindable.ts b/ui/core/bindable.ts
index fc84bb703..1ddfbf55a 100644
--- a/ui/core/bindable.ts
+++ b/ui/core/bindable.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import appModule = require("application");
 import types = require("utils/types");
 import trace = require("trace");
 import polymerExpressions = require("js-libs/polymer-expressions");
+import bindingBuilder = require("../builder/binding-builder");
 
 var bindingContextProperty = new dependencyObservable.Property(
     "bindingContext",
@@ -199,7 +200,12 @@ export class Binding {
         if (this.options.twoWay) {
             if (this._isExpression(this.options.expression)) {
                 var changedModel = {};
-                changedModel[this.options.sourceProperty] = value;
+                if (this.options.sourceProperty === bindingBuilder.bindingConstants.bindingValueKey) {
+                    changedModel[bindingBuilder.bindingConstants.bindingValueKey] = value;
+                }
+                else {
+                    changedModel[this.options.sourceProperty] = value;
+                }
                 var expressionValue = this._getExpressionValue(this.options.expression, true, changedModel);
                 if (expressionValue instanceof Error) {
                     trace.write((<Error>expressionValue).message, trace.categories.Binding, trace.messageType.error);
@@ -258,7 +264,11 @@ export class Binding {
 
     private getSourceProperty() {
         if (this._isExpression(this.options.expression)) {
-            var expressionValue = this._getExpressionValue(this.options.expression, false, undefined);
+            var changedModel = {};
+            if (this.options.sourceProperty === bindingBuilder.bindingConstants.bindingValueKey) {
+                changedModel[bindingBuilder.bindingConstants.bindingValueKey] = this.source.get();
+            }
+            var expressionValue = this._getExpressionValue(this.options.expression, false, changedModel);
             if (expressionValue instanceof Error) {
                 trace.write((<Error>expressionValue).message, trace.categories.Binding, trace.messageType.error);
             }
@@ -275,9 +285,13 @@ export class Binding {
 
         if (this.sourceOptions) {
             var sourceOptionsInstance = this.sourceOptions.instance.get();
-            if (sourceOptionsInstance instanceof observable.Observable) {
+            if (this.sourceOptions.property === bindingBuilder.bindingConstants.bindingValueKey) {
+                value = sourceOptionsInstance;
+            }
+            else if (sourceOptionsInstance instanceof observable.Observable) {
                 value = sourceOptionsInstance.get(this.sourceOptions.property);
-            } else if (sourceOptionsInstance && this.sourceOptions.property &&
+            } 
+            else if (sourceOptionsInstance && this.sourceOptions.property &&
                 this.sourceOptions.property in sourceOptionsInstance) {
                 value = sourceOptionsInstance[this.sourceOptions.property];
             }
@@ -312,6 +326,14 @@ export class Binding {
     private resolveOptions(obj: WeakRef<any>, property: string): { instance: any; property: any } {
         var options;
 
+        if (property === bindingBuilder.bindingConstants.bindingValueKey) {
+            options = {
+                instance: obj,
+                property: property
+            };
+            return options;
+        }
+
         if (!this._isExpression(property) && types.isString(property) && property.indexOf(".") !== -1) {
             var properties = property.split(".");