I have implemented a converter to convert Int32 to String to be able to binding a property to a textBox.
I implement this converter in the namespace MyApp.Converters and
In my situation, I had the same problem with xmlns:local="clr-namespace:". I solved this changing the order of the includes. I put it first and all was solved. A strange behaviour, but this was my workaround that I found in my situation.
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:"