Our Story

Over 60 years of hard-won success serving communities across Colorado.

1962

Rod Slifer, ski instructor/Realtor, starts his one-man operation out of the lobby of the Lodge at Vail, selling properties for Vail Associates.

1968

Rod Slifer opens his own brokerage, Slifer & Company, on Bridge Street. As Vail grows, so do Slifer & Company and Vail Associates Real Estate.

1983

Jim Flaum, a real estate veteran and former Navy pilot, becomes vice president and managing broker of Vail Associates Real Estate.

1986

Harry Frampton and Mark Smith form East West Partners, the major force of the development of Beaver Creek Resort.

1988

Harry Frampton and Mark Smith open Frampton Smith Real Estate, concentrating on the newly-formed Beaver Creek market.

1994

The two top dueling powers of Vail Valley real estate merge, forming Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate.

2004

Opened offices in Summit County, the first located at 117 S. Main Street and Keystone Resort offices. Another office would be opened on Main St. in Frisco in 2013.

2019

SSF grows again with the acquisition of Palladium Properties, a boutique and independent luxury property brokerage firm based in Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley.

2020

Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate awarded development sales listing for the $600 million Snowmass Base Village, expanding its presence in the Roaring Fork Valley.

2020

SSF is a proud founding member of Forbes Global Properties, a luxury real estate marketing platform showcasing the world’s finest homes and the stories behind them. Forbes Global Properties leverages the audience and worldwide reach of Forbes, one of the most trusted media companies for the last 100 years, to engage, inform, and delight buyers and sellers of luxury properties.

2024

With our sights set on northern Colorado, we open a new office in Steamboat Springs with a veteran team of local experts, to serve the Yampa Valley as the area looks toward a bright future.