diff --git a/devito/types/array.py b/devito/types/array.py
index 34237f01bf..62c1b62f49 100644
--- a/devito/types/array.py
+++ b/devito/types/array.py
@@ -368,6 +368,8 @@ def __args_setup__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
             raise ValueError("Component type must be subclass of AbstractFunction")
         if len({i.__padding_dtype__ for i in components}) != 1:
             raise ValueError("Components must have the same padding dtype")
+        if len({i.properties for i in components}) != 1:
+            raise ValueError("Components must have the same properties")
 
         return args, kwargs
 
@@ -441,12 +443,13 @@ def initvalue(self):
 
     # Overrides defaulting to self.c0's behaviour
 
-    for i in ['_mem_internal_eager', '_mem_internal_lazy', '_mem_local',
+    for i in ('_mem_internal_eager', '_mem_internal_lazy', '_mem_local',
               '_mem_mapped', '_mem_host', '_mem_stack', '_mem_constant',
               '_mem_shared', '__padding_dtype__', '_size_domain', '_size_halo',
               '_size_owned', '_size_padding', '_size_nopad', '_size_nodomain',
               '_offset_domain', '_offset_halo', '_offset_owned', '_dist_dimensions',
-              '_C_get_field', 'grid', 'symbolic_shape']:
+              '_C_get_field', 'grid', 'symbolic_shape',
+              *AbstractFunction.__properties__):
         locals()[i] = property(lambda self, v=i: getattr(self.c0, v))
 
     @property
diff --git a/devito/types/basic.py b/devito/types/basic.py
index 7a6a349100..4b0ea425c4 100644
--- a/devito/types/basic.py
+++ b/devito/types/basic.py
@@ -861,6 +861,8 @@ class AbstractFunction(sympy.Function, Basic, Pickable, Evaluable):
     __rkwargs__ = ('name', 'dtype', 'grid', 'halo', 'padding', 'ghost',
                    'alias', 'space', 'function', 'is_transient', 'avg_mode')
 
+    __properties__ = ('is_const', 'is_transient')
+
     def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         # Preprocess arguments
         args, kwargs = cls.__args_setup__(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -970,8 +972,6 @@ def __init_finalize__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         # A `Distributor` to handle domain decomposition
         self._distributor = self.__distributor_setup__(**kwargs)
 
-        # Symbol properties
-
         # "Aliasing" another AbstractFunction means that `self` logically
         # represents another object. For example, `self` might be used as the
         # formal parameter of a routine generated by the compiler, where the
@@ -1274,6 +1274,10 @@ def is_const(self):
     def is_transient(self):
         return self._is_transient
 
+    @cached_property
+    def properties(self):
+        return frozendict([(i, getattr(self, i)) for i in self.__properties__])
+
     @property
     def avg_mode(self):
         return self._avg_mode