http://developers.de/blogs/bahro/archive/2014/10/10/new-feature-in-c-6-0-auto-property-initializers.aspxInitialize property is repetitive task, and cannot be done in the same line as we can can done for fields. For example we can write: public class Person { private string m_Name= "Default Name" ; public string Name { get ; set ;} public PersonenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)