Exhibit 23.3

                              Consent of Eisner LLP

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  (not  separately  included  herein)  as  of
December  31,  2004  and 2003 and for each of the years in the three-year period
ended  December  31,  2004 of Intervest Mortgage Corporation and subsidiaries in
the  Registration  Statement  (Form  S-1)  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 7, 2005