Exhibit 23.3

            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We  consent  to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to the
inclusion  of  our report dated February 10, 2005, relating to our audits of the
consolidated  financial statements as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 and for each
of  the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004 (all of which are
not  presented  separately  herein)  of  Intervest  Mortgage  Corporation  and
subsidiaries  in  the  Registration Statement on Form S-1, Amendment No. 1 (File
No.  333-126493)  and related Prospectus of Intervest Bancshares Corporation for
the sale of shares of Class A Common Stock of Intervest Bancshares Corporation.

/s/ Eisner LLP


New York, New York
July 21, 2005