Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION BY THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
           PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In  connection  with  the  filing of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year  ended December 31, 2004 (the "Report") by Intervest Bancshares Corporation
(the  "Company"),  the  undersigned,  as  the  principal executive and principal
financial  officers of the Company, hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350,  as  adopted  pursuant  to  Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
that,  to  our  knowledge:

(1)  The  Report  fully  complies  with  the  requirements  of  section 13(a) or
     15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)  The  information  contained  in  the  Report  fairly  presents,  in  all
     material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
     Company.


/s/ Jerome Dansker
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Jerome Dansker, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
March 11, 2005


/s/ Lowell S. Dansker
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Lowell S. Dansker, Vice Chairman, President and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
March 11, 2005