diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/DecimalExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/DecimalExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4d74fdb2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/DecimalExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+namespace Umbraco.Core
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Provides extension methods for System.Decimal.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>See System.Decimal on MSDN and also 
+    /// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4298719/parse-decimal-and-filter-extra-0-on-the-right/4298787#4298787.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public static class DecimalExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the normalized value.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="value">The value to normalize.</param>
+        /// <returns>The normalized value.</returns>
+        /// <remarks>Normalizing changes the scaling factor and removes trailing zeroes,
+        /// so 1.2500m comes out as 1.25m.</remarks>
+        public static decimal Normalize(this decimal value)
+        {
+            return value / 1.000000000000000000000000000000000m;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Property.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Property.cs
index 89f9307ff7..49f336226b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Property.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Property.cs
@@ -174,7 +174,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
                         case DataTypeDatabaseType.Decimal:
                             var convDecimal = value.TryConvertTo<decimal>();
                             if (convDecimal == false) ThrowTypeException(value, typeof(decimal), _propertyType.Alias);
-                            value = convDecimal.Result;
+                            // need to normalize the value (change the scaling factor and remove trailing zeroes)
+                            // because the underlying database is going to mess with the scaling factor anyways.
+                            value = convDecimal.Result.Normalize();
                             break;
                         case DataTypeDatabaseType.Date:
                             var convDateTime = value.TryConvertTo<DateTime>();
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Rdbms/PropertyDataDto.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Rdbms/PropertyDataDto.cs
index 63e3104d12..380eaa3034 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Rdbms/PropertyDataDto.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Rdbms/PropertyDataDto.cs
@@ -33,9 +33,23 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Rdbms
         [NullSetting(NullSetting = NullSettings.Null)]
         public int? Integer { get; set; }
 
+        private decimal? _decimalValue;
+
         [Column("dataDecimal")]
         [NullSetting(NullSetting = NullSettings.Null)]
-        public decimal? Decimal { get; set; }
+        public decimal? Decimal
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return _decimalValue;
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                // need to normalize the value (change the scaling factor and remove trailing zeroes)
+                // because the underlying database probably has messed with the scaling factor.
+                _decimalValue = value.HasValue ? (decimal?) value.Value.Normalize() : null;
+            }
+        }
 
         [Column("dataDate")]
         [NullSetting(NullSetting = NullSettings.Null)]
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Factories/PropertyFactory.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Factories/PropertyFactory.cs
index a69539e9ea..446bd426ad 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Factories/PropertyFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Factories/PropertyFactory.cs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Factories
                     decimal val;
                     if (decimal.TryParse(property.Value.ToString(), out val))
                     {
-                        dto.Decimal = val;
+                        dto.Decimal = val; // property value should be normalized already
                     }
                 }
                 else if (property.DataTypeDatabaseType == DataTypeDatabaseType.Date && property.Value != null && string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(property.Value.ToString()) == false)
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index 3e14fc7758..e303ef4993 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@
     <Compile Include="DatabaseContext.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DataTableExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DateTimeExtensions.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="DecimalExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DelegateExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DictionaryExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Dictionary\CultureDictionaryFactoryResolver.cs" />