Rocket Companies Inc. said it would pay $1.8 billion for online realtor Redfin Corp. in an effort to make it easier for their customers to buy real estate on their mobile devices. “We want a customer to be able to check her phone to find out what she can afford,

Mortgage giant Rocket has agreed to buy Redfin in an all-stock deal valuing the online real-estate brokerage at $1.75 billion.

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,