================================================================================

                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT

     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

      Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): September 21, 2006

                        INTERVEST BANCSHARES CORPORATION
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

          Delaware                   000-23377               13-3699013
- ----------------------------        ------------       ----------------------
(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission            (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)             File Number)       Identification Number)


   One Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 400 New York, New York      10020-2002
   ---------------------------------------------------      ----------
         (Address of Principal Executive Offices)           (Zip Code)


       Registrant's Telephone Number Including Area Code: (212) 218-2800
                                                          --------------


Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if  the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended to
simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following  provisions  (see  General  Instruction  A.2.  below):

     [ ]  Written  communications  pursuant  to  Rule  425  under the Securities
          Act  (17  CFR  230.425)

     [ ]  Soliciting  material  pursuant  to  Rule  14a-12  under  the  Exchange
          Act  (17  CFR  240.14a-12)

     [ ]  Pre-commencement  communications  pursuant  to  Rule  14d-2(b)  under
          the  Exchange  Act  (17  CFR  240.14d-  2(b))

     [ ]  Pre-commencement  communications  pursuant  to  Rule  13e-4(c)  under
          the  Exchange  Act  (17  CFR  240.13e-4(c))

================================================================================

SECTION  1  -  REGISTRANT'S  BUSINESS  AND  OPERATIONS

ITEM  1.01  ENTRY  INTO  A  MATERIAL  DEFINITIVE  AGREEMENT

See  the  information  set  forth in Item 2.03 below, which is incorporated into
this  item  1.01  by  reference.

SECTION  2  -  FINANCIAL  INFORMATION

ITEM  2.03 CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER
AN  OFF-BALANCE  SHEET  ARRANGEMENT  OF  A  REGISTRANT

On  September  21,  2006,  a  newly  established  wholly owned business trust of
Intervest  Bancshares  Corporation (the "Company") - Intervest Statutory Trust V
(the  "Trust")  -  sold  trust preferred securities due December 15, 2036 in the
aggregate principal amount of $10,310,000 (the "Capital Securities") through FTN
Financial  Capital  Markets  (a  division  of  First  Tennessee  Bank  National
Association)  and  Keefe,  Bruyette  and Woods, Inc. The Capital Securities were
sold  to  institutional  investors  in  a  private  transaction,  pursuant to an
applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. The net
proceeds  from  the  sale  were  reinvested  into  the  Company  in exchange for
$10,310,000  of  the  Company's  Junior Subordinated Debentures due December 15,
2036  (the  "Junior Subordinated Debentures"). The Company's Junior Subordinated
Debentures  were  issued  on  September  21,  2006  to  the Trust pursuant to an
indenture  between  the  Company  and  Wilmington  Trust  Company,  as debenture
trustee.  Issuance  costs  associated  with  this  transaction  amounted  to
approximately  $10,000.  The  Trust  was  formed  with a capital contribution of
$310,000  from the Company and for the sole purpose of issuing and administering
the Capital Securities. The proceeds from the issuance of the Capital Securities
together  with  the capital contribution for each Trust were used to acquire the
Company's  Junior  Subordinated  Debentures  that  are due concurrently with the
Capital  Securities.  The  Capital  Securities  net  of  the  Company's  capital
contributions  totaling  $10,000,000,  qualify  as  regulatory  capital.

The  Trust  was  established  pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust  among  the  Company,  Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee, and Lowell S.
Dansker, Stephen Helman and John J. Arvonio, as administrators. Messrs. Dansker,
Helman  and  Arvonio  serve  as  executive  officers  of  the  Company.

The  sole  assets  of  the Trust, the obligor on the Capital Securities, are the
Company's  Junior  Subordinated  Debentures.  In  addition,  the  Company  has
irrevocably  and  unconditionally  guaranteed, pursuant to a guarantee agreement
dated  September  21, 2006 delivered by the Company to Wilmington Trust Company,
as trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Capital Securities, the payment
of  distributions  on,  payments  on  any  redemptions  of,  and any liquidation
distribution  with  respect  to  the  Capital  Securities.

Interest  on  the Junior Subordinated Debentures is payable quarterly in arrears
on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year based on a fixed
rate  of 6.83% per annum for the first five years, and thereafter at the rate of
1.65%  over  3-month LIBOR until maturity. The distribution rate and the payment
dates  on the Capital Securities coincide with the interest rate and the payment
dates  on  the  Junior  Subordinated  Debentures.

The Capital Securities are subject to mandatory redemption (i) in whole, but not
in part, upon repayment of the Junior Subordinated Debentures at stated maturity
or,  at  the  option  of the Company, their earlier redemption in whole upon the
occurrence  of  certain changes in the tax treatment or capital treatment of the
Capital  Securities,  or  a  change  in  the  law  such  that the Trust would be
considered an investment company, and (ii) in whole or in part at any time on or
after  September  15, 2011 contemporaneously with the optional redemption by the
Company  of  the  Junior  Subordinated  Debentures  in  whole  or  in  part.

Interest  payments  on the Junior Subordinated Debentures (and the corresponding
distributions  on  the  Capital Securities) may be deferred at any time and from
time  to  time  during  the  term  of  the Junior Subordinated Debentures at the
election  of  the  Company for up to 20 consecutive quarterly periods (5 years).
There is no limitation on the number of extension periods the Company may elect;
provided, however, no deferral period may extend beyond the maturity date of the
Junior  Subordinated  Debentures.  During  an interest deferral period, interest
will  continue  to accrue on the Junior Subordinated Debentures, and interest on
such  accrued  interest  will  accrue  at



an  annual  rate  equal to the interest rate in effect for such deferral period,
compounded quarterly from the date such interest would have been payable were it
not  deferred.  At the end of the deferral period, the Company will be obligated
to  pay  all  interest  then  accrued  and  unpaid  on  the  Junior Subordinated
Debentures.  The indebtedness evidenced by the Junior Subordinated Debentures is
subordinate and junior in right of payment to the Company's senior indebtedness.
The  trustee under the Indenture or the holders of at least 25% of the aggregate
principal  amount  of the Junior Subordinated Debentures outstanding may declare
the  entire  principal  of  the  Junior Subordinated Debentures and the interest
accrued  thereon,  if any, to be due and payable immediately if: (a) the Company
defaults  in the payment of any interest upon any Junior Subordinated Debentures
following  the  nonpayment  of  any such interest for twenty or more consecutive
quarters;  (b)  a  court  enters  a decree or order for relief in respect of the
Company  in  an  involuntary  case  under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization  or  other  similar  law,  or  appointing a receiver, liquidator,
trustee  or  similar  official of the Company or for any substantial part of its
property,  or  ordering  the  winding-up  or liquidation of its affairs and such
decree  or  order  remains unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive
days;  or  (c)  the  Company  commences  a  voluntary  case under any applicable
bankruptcy,  insolvency,  reorganization  or other similar law, shall consent to
the  entry  of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or
shall  consent  to  the  appointment  of  or  taking  possession  by a receiver,
liquidator,  trustee,  custodian  or other similar official of the Company or of
any  substantial  part  of its property, or makes any general assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due. If
certain  other  events  specified in the Indenture occur and are continuing with
respect to the Junior Subordinated Debentures, then either the trustee under the
Indenture  or  the  holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of
the  Junior  Subordinated Debentures may proceed to remedy the default or breach
by  judicial  proceeding.

A  copy  of  the  press release issued by the Company announcing the sale of the
Capital Securities is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by
reference.

                  SECTION 9 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)     Exhibits

        Exhibit No.     Description

                        99.1     Press Release  dated  September  21,  2006

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has  duly  caused  this  report  to  be  signed on its behalf by the
undersigned  thereunto  duly  authorized.

                                        INTERVEST BANCSHARES  CORPORATION


Date:     September  21,  2006          By:     /s/  Lowell  S.  Dansker
                                                ------------------------
                                                LOWELL  S.  DANSKER,
                                                CHAIRMAN,  PRESIDENT  &
                                                CHIEF  EXECUTIVE  OFFICER
                                                (Principal  Executive  Officer)



                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.    Description
- -----------    ------------

99.1           Press Release dated September 21, 2006