If you are using MVVM you probably should create a snippet very similar to the following to save time.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC#\Snippets\1033\Visual C#\propvm.snippet

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<CodeSnippets  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
	<CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
		<Header>
			<Title>propvm</Title>
			<Shortcut>propvm</Shortcut>
			<Description>Code snippet for property and backing field for a ViewModel that calls NotifyPropertyChanged.</Description>
			<Author>Jared Barneck</Author>
			<SnippetTypes>
				<SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>
			</SnippetTypes>
		</Header>
		<Snippet>
			<Declarations>
				<Literal>
					<ID>type</ID>
					<ToolTip>Property type</ToolTip>
					<Default>int</Default>
				</Literal>
				<Literal>
					<ID>property</ID>
					<ToolTip>Property name</ToolTip>
					<Default>MyProperty</Default>
				</Literal>
			</Declarations>
			<Code Language="csharp"><![CDATA[public $type$ $property$
	{
		get { return _$property$;}
		set 
		{ 
			_$property$ = value;
			NotifyPropertyChanged("$property$");
		}
	} private $type$ _$property$;
	$end$]]>
			</Code>
		</Snippet>
	</CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>