Rocket Cos. said Monday it would pay $1.8 billion in stock for the online real-estate agency Redfin Corp. in an effort to make it easier for customers to buy property using their mobile devices. “We want a customer to be able to check her phone to find out what she can afford,

Mortgage lender Rocket Cos. has agreed to acquire online real estate brokerage Redfin in an all-stock deal valued at $1.75 billion. The transaction, announced Monday, gives one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders an in-house network of more than 2,

Rocket Cos. is pushing deeper into the property market with a deal to buy Redfin Corp. that values the real estate listing site at $1.75 billion.