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I would divide your question into two parts:
Use the query parameters as default for the filter on page load.
Update the query parameters dynamically when the form values change.
To achieve 1. you'll first need to extract the logic to build $args in property_filters() so it can be used on the initial load:
function prepare_property_filters(array $args): ...
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